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UNION CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND TINS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
UNION CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND TINS
Original Union 1861 pattern leather cartridge box complete with sling and eagle plate, manufactured to accommodate forty .58 caliber minie ball cartridges. Bears fine original oval brass plate with the letters "US" embossed thereon, affixed to the box's flap with a strip of leather through the plate's loops. All straps, flaps and tabs are intact and strong. The interior pouch tab is also strong and intact, as is the tin compartment within. The pouch flap is maker marked "WILKINSON CUMMINGS MAKERS SPRINGFIELD, MASS". This cartridge box has been reconditioned and oiled and some of the preservative has coalesced to form some white residue. Sold as-is.

Estimate: $400 - 600.

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Part I: Lots 1-979 - September 27th, 2012

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